"stood still and stopped the sound..."See in text(Acquainted with the Night)
The initial “S” sound alliterates in “stood,” “still,” “stopped,” and “sound,” emphasizing each word in the visual and auditory imagery in the line. No longer walking, the speaker “stood still,” creating silence in place of the sound of his own feet walking on the pavement.
"I have outwalked the furthest city light.
..."See in text(Acquainted with the Night)
Walking beyond “the furthest city light” reinforces the imagery of darkness suggested by “night” in the poem’s first line. Also, “I have” completes the anaphora in the first stanza, the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. The anaphora is continued in the first two lines of the following stanza. The repetition of “I have” at the beginning of the lines personalizes the speaker’s voice in sharing his experience.
